Carryall bag



April 22 1924.

R. C. GROH CARRYALI. BAG

Filed Jan. 16. 1922 'ticu arly descri J of the sides o the 'bottom of the Patented Apr. 22, 1924.

1,49a9zz UNITED STATES PATENT OFFlCE.

ROBERT C. GROH, OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA, ASSIGNOB, BY DIRECT AND HESNE AS- SIGNIENTS, TO W. H. DE'UBENEB, OF ST. PAUL, IINNESOTA..

CABRYALL IBAG.

Application med January 16, 1922. Serial .'Io. 529,698.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Ronniir O. Gnon, a

citizen of the United States, residi at St. Paul, in the county of Ramsey and te of Minnesota, have invented new and useful Improvements ina Carryall Bag, of which the following is a s ecification.

My invention re ates to bags of the type commonly used for carrying small arcels and the like, its object being to provide improved cord means arranged in connection with bags, as the ordinary paper bag, to support the same and form handles.

A particular object of my invention is to provide cord supporting means that will reinforce and brace the bottom of the bag where the atest strain occurs, without cutting and amaging the bag, and which is fiossessed of other advantages which will be ereinafter more specifically set forth and claimed. To this end, my invention consists in the construction, combination, and arran ment of giits hereinafter more par- In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification:

Figure 1, is a perspective view of a bag.

embodying my features of invention.

Figure 2, is a sectional view on line -w of Figure 1; and

igure 3, is a bottom vie of a bag embodying my features ofinvention.

Referring to the drawings, A represents an ordinar paper bag. In carrying out m inventon, employ a pair of cords 2 and each of said cords being made endless for the pu ose hereinafter set forth, by means of the ots 4 and 5.

The cords'2 and 3, before beinglmade endless by the knots 4 and 5, are t readed inwardly through the o enings 6 in the top of the sides of the ag, and outwardly through the o enin 7 in the lower lportion gg, and thence threaded through the openings 8 in the sides of the bag, one carrier cord being threaded under and over the other carrier cord u on the bottom of the ba these interlac portions 13 of the cords ing ositioned at the center of the bottom o the bag, as shown in Figure 3, with the cords diagonally radiating to the openings 8 in the corners-'of the ag bottom. The :Penings 6 and 8 are preferably protecte by eyelets 12. The cords 2 and 3, as shown,

project above the bag to constitute handles 10.

I am aware that it is old to support bags by different cord arrangements as where, an endless cord is threaded through openings in the sides of the bag and pass in arallel position around the bottom of the bad, and wherein cords are permanently attachedv to the top of the ba etc., and m construction has been designe to obviate e well known objections to these forms. w

t is desirable to have the the bottom of the b so that the paper ottom of the bag wil not have to car the load and be broken by the variety of o jects carried in a ba of this kind in shopping use.

ere a sing e endless cord is em loyed, which passes around the bag in ara el position, the weight of objects wit pressing down upon the bag ticularly in the center of has a tendency tobreak the bottom .of the bag. ere is also'the tendency of the endless cord to cut through the bottom of the ba in the sliding movement of the cord.

n my construction, the central interlacin of the independent cords 2 and 3 underneat the bottom of the bag, prevents freedom of sliding, and I have found in use that the interlaced portions 13 will remain at the center of the bottom of the when either handle is pulled upon. At e same time, the sliding movement of thecord throu h the openin s 6 and 7 will accommodate t e cords to t e folding of the bottom of the bag against the sides of the ba as in packing the bags, and in holding the ttom of the bag in its normal folded position when the bag is not in use. When the bottom of the bag is folded against the sides, the crossed over ggrtions 13 will remain at the center of the ttom of the bag as shown in Figure 3, with one of the enless mig slidi downwardly through the openin 6 and to permit the ogposite folding o the bottom, permittin t e other cord to be slid upwardly througi holding side of the bag and 'prevent doubling of the cord under the'folded bottom.

I thus secure with my construction the amount of sliding necessary to adapt the construction to a paper bag of this kind, and at the same time obviate a sliding movement cords sup ort bottom, par- I across the bottom of the bag to injure and in the bag the bag bottom,4

thel openings 6\ and7 to assist in the bottom of the bag against the tear the bag, and also secure a reinforced crossed over support under the bottom of the bag, giving the maximum support at the center of the bag bottom, where there is the atest weight and Strain brought about by t e contents of the bag.

I claim:

1. In combination with a paper bag, a pair of independent endle cords one on eac side of the ba threaded throu h openings in the side wa ls of the bag an projecting above the bag to form handles, said endless cords extending over the bottom of the bag from opposite sides thereof and being interlaced oentrally of the bottom of the bag, for the purpose set forth.

2. In combination with a ba of the class described, a pair of endless co one on each side of the bag threaded through openings in opposite sides of 'the bag and throu h opposed openings in the bag bottom, sai cords gojecting above the bag to vform han'dles, and ing interlaced under the center of the bottom of the bag, for the purpose set forth.

3. In combination with a ba of the class described, formed with a folda le bottom, a air of endless cords one on each side of the ag threaded through openings in the opposite side walls of the bag-and through openin in the sides of Ithe bottom of the bag, said cords being interlaced with each other. centrally under the bottom of the -bag and extending diagonally from said interlaced portions to the openings in the sides of the bag bottom, said endless cords at th/e top of the bag constituting handles.

ROBERT o; GRoH. 

